BILL NUMBER: SCR 54	CHAPTERED  01/27/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   11
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JANUARY 27, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JANUARY 20, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 18, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Villaraigosa)

                        JANUARY 6, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54--Relative to adjournment of
the Senate and Assembly to meet for a session in the former State
Capitol in Benicia.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 54, Burton.  Legislature:  adjournment.
   This measure would adjourn the Senate and Assembly to meet for a
session in the former State Capitol in Benicia.




   WHEREAS, The year 2000 is the 150th anniversary of California
being admitted to the Union; and
   WHEREAS, The first permanent structure erected for a California
State Capitol was erected in Benicia and is the only building in
existence formerly used as the State Capitol; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature met in Benicia in 1853 and 1854; and
   WHEREAS, The Benicia State Capitol Building was carefully restored
to its original form in 1958 and is now maintained by the State
Department of Parks and Recreation; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature convened in Benicia on March 15, 1958, as
part of a festive three-day celebration to formally rededicate the
structure as an historic state park; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature wishes to formally celebrate California's
sesquicentennial by convening each house at the former State Capitol
in Benicia in February 2000; and
   WHEREAS, Both houses hope to use this event to foster public
interest in California's rich history; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7 of
Article IV of the California Constitution, this Legislature, when it
adjourns on Tuesday, February 15, 2000, shall adjourn until
Wednesday, February 16, 2000, to meet for one day in the former State
Capitol in the City of Benicia; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Members of the Senate and Assembly shall meet
on February 16, 2000, at the hour of 1 p.m., in the chambers provided
for their respective use in the former State Capitol in Benicia; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Senate and Assembly Committees on Rules and the
Joint Rules Committee are authorized and directed to incur and pay
the expenses and costs as may necessarily be incurred by the
respective houses to provide for the holding of the sessions of the
Senate and Assembly at Benicia pursuant to this resolution out of the
funds available for expenditure by these committees, and the State
Controller is authorized and directed to prepare and deliver her
warrants therefor in payment thereof.
